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Lakes It's easy to fall in love with Wisconsin's 15,000 lakes. The DNR partners with the University of Wisconsin - Extension and citizens around the state to help protect and maintain these amazing natural resources while providing some of the best recreational opportunities in the nation.
Wisconsin lakes. Find a lake; Trout fishing T.R.O.U.T. The Trout Regulations & Opportunities User Tool (TROUT) was designed to help trout anglers find places to fish. The TROUT application includes trout fishing regulations, classified trout waters, public land and DNR fishing easements. Trout fishing resources. Wisconsin trout stream maps and ...
Wisconsin citizens have a long tradition of protecting the lakes they love, and Wisconsin's regarded as a national model for building a partnership among local citizens, government, and academia to protect lakes. Learn more about the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership and how you can join.
Wisconsin has over 15,000 inland lakes, 43,000 miles of rivers, and 650 miles of Great Lakes shoreline. Two highly favored pastimes throughout the state are boating and fishing. Therefore, DNR created a statewide inventory of both public boat access sites and public fishing piers.
The Great Lakes hold one–fifth of the world's fresh water and Wisconsin's Lake Michigan and Lake Superior waters are critical for those who live along them and for the state's economy, environment and quality of life.
The Aquatic Plant Explorer (APEx) displays aquatic plant data from lakes, reservoirs and flowages across Wisconsin. View statewide distributions of aquatic plant species and individual lake maps that display plant abundance, the number of species, and the distribution of each aquatic plant species.
Healthy Lakes & Rivers. Healthy Lakes & Rivers grants support five simple and inexpensive best practices that may be installed in the littoral, transition/buffer, and upland zones of shoreland properties. Practices must follow department guidelines published in the Healthy Lakes and Rivers Action Plan and supporting technical guidance.
Of Wisconsin's 15,000 lakes and impoundments, fewer than 1% (103) are designated as ORW. Of Wisconsin's 53,413 streams and rivers, 254 are designated as ORW and 1,544 are designated as ERW. It can be more useful to consider stream statistics in terms of the number of stream miles rather than the number of streams since stream lengths can vary ...
The Lakes and Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Mapping Tool is an interactive web map. This tool allows users to search and map AIS and lake monitoring locations, watercraft inspection sites and grants projects across the state. Users can also view the geographical distribution of invasive plants, fish and invertebrates. Notes on usage:
Four soft water seepage lakes, each separated by an isthmus are the main features of the natural area. The lakes are Bittersweet (104 acres, 31 feet), Oberlin (46 acres, 25 feet), Smith (43 acres, 18 feet), and Prong (30 acres, 50 feet), and all have a variety of bottom substrates, ranging from sand and gravel to rock and muck, are slightly acidic, and have relatively high water clarity.